chp. >> reporter: good morning. i'm bob redell with commuters' arguments about why it's okay to drive in the hov lanes solo. that story coming up. >> poor, bob. a live look at the fog over san francisco. christina is tracking that forecast on this monday, january 7th. this is "today in the bay." good morning. it's 5:00. san francisco police continue their search for a suspect accused of nothing short of just a brutal and horrendous crime against his girlfriend. police say that he doused her with gasoline and then set her on fire. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live in the city with an update on this story and a search and condition of that victim. christie, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, jon and marla. the victim in this horrible attack is in the hospital this morning in the burn unit here at st. francis hospital suffering severe burns to her face and chest. san francisco police are asking for the public's help trying to find her boyfriend, the man they believe is responsible, 22 years dexter oliver. witnesses watched in horror yesterday as he threw a flammable liquid on his girlfriend and then set her on fire. those witnesses include her family. family members say the two had been only dating for about six months and they had what they describe as a rocky relationship. they were arguing near a laundromat on hollister near generjennings when lamar told he relationship was over. >> she had to get out and it was over. she left the laundromat. ten minutes later she was burned. >> reporter: now he's accused of returning to the home to get some gasoline and there were

burned clothes in the street after the attack. lamar was seen screaming and running. dexter oliver is 5'10", 155 pounds, distinct haircut. lightning bolt on one side and fish designs on the other. he is facing arson and attempted murder charges. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." 5:02. peninsula police are looking for the person who shot a teenage girl right near a local high school. the girl was found saturday night across the street from cappuccino high school in millbrae. the 15 year old is a rare incident of gun violence in a quiet area. this morning she's in stable condition. officers do not know what pro provoked the shooting and have not many any arrests. >> chp releasing the name of a man killed during a crash that shut down interstate 880 for part of the night. the man from san leandro crashed his car into the center divide

near the high street exit in oakland about 7:45 last night. the chp says he then tried to run across four lanes of traffic. he was hit by two cars and died on scene. both drivers did stop and try to help. that crash blocked all lanes northbound 880 for several hours. officers trying to figure out what caused the initial crash. the cause of a crash that killed a woman in san jose remains a mystery this morning. police say the woman sped through a red light to make it to the highway 85 onramp but she missed the sharp turn and crashed into a pond just off the road. emergency crews had to call in a dive team to pull that woman from the car. she died at the hospital. police are still investigating the cause of that crash. this morning san francisco police hoping to stir up some brand new leads in an unsolved murder case now five years old. we have sketches of two suspects

accused of killing a man on january 7th, 2007. police say the man confronted him at a club and then shotç h in his suv near 13th street in san francisco. he later died at the hospital. today his mother and san francisco police returning to that scene of the crime to discuss the status of this investigation. this morning palo alto police say a suspected package thief may be linked to a crime spree in the south bay. officers have found evidence possibly links andrew phillip stafford to several other thefts in san jose. officers say they found packages stashed away at a storage locker under stafford's name. the 25 year old was arrested back on new year's day in palo alto after a neighbor allegedly spotted him stealing packages. memorial services being held this morning for the south bay's longest serving judge. santa clara county judge paul

teal being buried with full military honors. he died just last week at the age of 96. teal was first elected back in 1966. he would go on to preside over thousands of cases during the next four decades. good morning to you. it's 5:05. meteorologist christina loren joins us from the nbc bay area weather center looking at a nice day for us today. >> it's going to be really nice out there. good morning to you, jon and marla. good morning to you at home. thanks for waking up with us on back to work monday. monday can be tough and weather is not on our side this morning. we have thick fog out there. quite some time since we had visibility reduced to a quarter mile or less. make sure you are ready to return to the foggy driving situation. mike is already on top of that. we'll check in with him in just a minute. down to a mile visibility. so temperatures this morning are cool to start. 34 degrees in napa.

41 in san francisco. 45 degrees in stinson beach. we'll see a nice, sunny finish to the day. temperatures will climb out of the 40s and 30s where they are right now into the 50s by noon inland and then you'll see 60s to round out the day. 62 inland. 61 bayside. at the coast today, 60 degrees. changes just around the corner. rain in the seven-day forecast. we told you it was coming. lots to happen between now and then. we're going get to that in just a minute. let's check your drive with mike. >> good morning. probably a welcome back to the commute. not a welcome. commute is back. i don't know if you will welcome it or not. 101 with standard amount of cars for after 5:00. 5:06. smooth drive. maps show you the northbound routes and southbound routes moving smoothly right now. 880 does show that stream of yellow southbound from 101 to 17. we don't have incidents coming down toward 60. easy drive. earlier incident around middlefield sounds like activity

for 10 is cleared from the roadway. we'll track that on the northbound side. tri-valley, 880 moves smoothly. patch of orange indicates fog. here it is in sunol coming around the grade. keep that in mind. slow through this area. and a live look outside at the bay bridge. the incline moving smoothly. we'll expect more traffic this morning building up toward metering lights turning on probably just after 6:00. right now a smooth drive across the span as you can see. back to you. >> thank you. 5:07 now. every driver in the bay area will watch closely as marin county man challenges rules of the road in court today. he says he was not wrong for driving alone in a carpool lane and he says other drivers can do it too. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live this morning. this man's main argument is that he wasn't really alone? >> reporter: i'll explain. good morning to you, marla.

our general understanding of the rules of the road are such that if you want to drive in a carpool lane, you must have at least one living, breathing passenger with you to use this lane. a marin man says that's not so and today he'll argue his court case before a judge in marin county traffic court. he'll be in court at 3:00 this afternoon. he said he received a ticket after driving solo in the hov lane without another person in the car. he's going to argue that he in fact wasn't alone that he had his corporation papers with him and since legally corporations are considered people, he believes that he did in fact have another person in the car and did not viet the carpool law. >> he yelled at me. you need two persons in the car.

i said i got them. >> the court might say it says person and a corporation is a person. that will work for a carpool lane. i doubt it. >> reporter: freeman who considers himself to be an activist admits that he is using his carpool violation potenti potentially of the rules of the road to create a national conversation, one that would end up in a higher court perhaps and specifically he's trying to create this conversation about corporate personhood. it's his call to "turn that legal definition on its head." reporting live here on the southbound 880 in the south bay, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> okay, bob. thanks. >> i like that. it means every time i leave with a fry and shake i can go in the carpool lane. >> that's not a business. >> it is. the company is. my bag would show it. we move on now.

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december. >> i have spoken to the son of the detainee. he wants me to try to bring his father back. i think that will be difficult. but we're going to try to see him and inquire about his condition. that's another humanitarian side of the trip. >> the group is traveling as private citizens, not representative of the u.s. or google. >> while schmidt tours north korea, the rest of the tech world in a different place. >> the consumer electronic show started in las vegas about as far away from pyongyang as you can get. the events started last night and will continue throughout the week with announcements and key notes. among announcements, lego announced the third generation of robot toys.

these will cost a bit north of $300 and are great fun. really startling news came from santa clara saying it would build its own handheld game machine. they make graphic chips. this is startling for two reasons. they don't make consumer products and second the handheld game business is a mess. just ask nintendo. when is last time you saw a kid playing a gameboy? when is the last time you saw a kid playing with his parents' iphone? there's your problem. wall street with a strong start to 2013. we'll turn to hampton pearson live at cnbc's washington bureau. good morning, hampton. >> reporter: how are you doing, scott? we do have futures lower as the markets come off the great start to the new year you were just

referencing. it's a light week for economic data with reports on consumer credit, the trade deficit and import prices. earning season kicks off tomorrow night when aluminum giant alcoa reports results. dow rising 43 points on friday to close at 13,435. nasdaq up one closing at 3101. regulators may announce a $10 billion settlement with several major banks. "the new york times" first reported the deal last week says 14 banks including citigroup, jpmorgan, bank of america are all involved. nearly 4 billion will go to people who lost their homes in 2009 and 2010. the rest will be for those currently in the foreclosure process. a look at early business headlines. back over to you guys. >> all right. hampton pearson, thank you much. 5:15. over the weekend we learned of the death of michael cronan. he made up names like tivo and kindle. he lived in berkeley.

jon and marla, he was 61 years old. >> wow. didn't know that. >> big slice of history. thank you very much. meteorologist christina loren is here. nice day. 60s today. >> it's going to be so nice. what are we doing here? what are we doing here? it's still cold out there. commercial break you never know what happens around here. 5:16. a live look outside. i mean that. this is sunol. san rafael this morning i should tell you nice and foggy just about everywhere. let's take a live look now at your temperatures. 41 degrees in san francisco. 35 this morning in concord and 34 a couple degrees away from freezing in livermore. we're sock ed in with fog. patchy frost in addition to low hanging clouds. keep that in mind this morning. travel really cautiously. we don't have any rain. you can keep that umbrella at home right where it is. now temperatures today are going to stay cool for the first part of the day while the fog burns off. you are down to a quarter mile visibility in livermore. three-quarter in napa and santa

rosa. across the board we'll drop off throughout the morning we'll go to future cast. mostly cloudy conditions across the greater bay area when the fog will be at its thickest. between 7:00 and 11:00, we get clearing. a weak disturbance will pass to the north driving in high mid level clouds later on today. it's going to kick up our winds and that will keep fog from settling in. tomorrow morning same deal. look at these numbers. look at where we're headed. ten-degree jump from yesterday. 61 in san jose. 61 degrees today in beautiful las vegas. 62 for gilroy. looking good. we're go to hold onto sunshine through tuesday and then clouds thicken up and temperatures drop off wednesday into thursday. into the weekend, temperatures stay cool. next round of rain on the way for sunday. tahoe is about 140% above average in terms of snow pack right now. we'll take a look at how the ski resorts are faring.

let's find out how your drive is faring with mike inouye. >> we'll look out here to roadways. we talk about this. westbound push. that's your commute direction for 580. orange highlighted. we talked about this integration from traffic and weather maps. likely fog. christina says her readings are the same. quarter mile visibility for 580 and slowing coming out of altamont pass. slow through livermore and pleasanton. traffic smooth 680 southbound into the south bay. here the san mateo bridge not a problem. we'll talk about that in a second. the dumbarton bridge fog advisory issued by chp likely over toward the newark area as you come over the water those things might start to clear up. one earlier issue northbound 101 at middlefield. old middlefield way an accident. sounds like activity on the shoulder but lanes are clear northbound. southbound slowing just ticking in around 60. no incidents. we'll keep track of the yellow through this portion.

live look here coming off the peninsula and pushing over toward the westbound commute. we end with the next shot here through emeryville as we see a smooth flow of traffic. no drama. a lot of company. we'll see slowing starting in today. back to you. >> thank you, mike. new this morning, the five men accused of gang raping a woman on a bus in india have made their first court appearance. two of the accused agreed to testify against the other men in order to escape the death penalty. police say a 23-year-old woman was brutally gang raped on a moving bus last month. she later died in the hospital. the horrific act sparked protests across india and calls to do more to protect women from sexual violence. later on today a judge in los angeles deciding whether to release the names of catholic church officials involved in a massive priest sex abuse scan l scandal. the archdiocese of l.a. says it will release thousands of pages of confidential documents with church officials names blacked out on them but media outlets

argue that blacking out names is unnecessary and it's overboard. the files are expected to be released any day now. more than five years after the church reached a $660 million settlement with more than 550 plaintiffs. the shell oil drilling ship that ran aground near alaska is now upright and stable. late last night it was floated from the rocks where it ran aground. shell is now checking the ship to make sure that it is seaworthy. if it is, shell says it will wait until the weather is good to tow it to a safer place near kodiak. the vessel ran aground on new year's eve. it is it carrying 130,000 gallons of diesel and 12,000 gallons of other fluids. the time is 5:20. coming up, moving day. moving into the new digs on the embarcade embarcadero. we'll let you know what the city is doing with the old spot. here you go little man.

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good monday morning. a live look over washington d.c. the nation's capital. president obama will be busy with nominations he's putting into motion. nominating chuck hagel as secretary of state and nominating john brennan for director of cia. tracie potts will be reporting for us live out of washington in about 15 minutes from right now. san jose's newest city council member starts his first day on the job this morning. the first arab american to serve on the san jose city council. he was sworn in yesterday as the district ten representative which includes parts of south san jose. he says he will focus on rebuilding the city's services and making san jose more business friendly. he was raised in san jose and he graduated from san jose state. 5:23.

moving day for san francisco's exploratorium. crews will begin moving 450 exhibits from the palace of fine arts to the museum's new home at pier 15. the new facility is three times larger than its current location. work should be done in a few weeks. a grand opening will be held later this april. with the exploratorium soon gone, the old home at the palace of fine arts is on the market. the building has 80,000 square feet of space and asking price starts at $490,000 a year. city officials say a search for a long-term tenant could take a year or two. >> that exploratorium looks fun. i have never done it. once it does move i suggest we do a field trip and head over. christina loren, are you in with us? >> i'm so in. i was there yesterday. good morning to you. yesterday we had the rain showers coming through. kind of a dreary start to the day. that sun came out in full force

by the finish of the day and yesterday ended up nice. temperatures today will climb by ten degrees. we hit 52 degrees inland yesterday. 62 today. 61 bayside. at the coast you'll hit 60 degrees. a mix of sun and clouds. we do have some thick fog to get through before that sun comes out. keep that in mind. travel cautiously. let's check on that drive. how about right now? good morning, mike. >> we do have thick fog. one of the usual suspects golden gate bridge not the case. early morning hours we don't see that fog. it drifts in as the heating happens. we might see that later on. right now a smooth drive between the north bay and the city. look at that. lanes are ready for the morning commute. i saw them move the cones. smooth drive into the city off the bay bridge. the overnight construction crew has cleared and no problems across that span. the east shore freeway at the limit and so is the area highway 24 out of the caldecott coming over toward the maze but we're watching this morning for the return of the commute as most people's vacations are over. we'll see how it shapes up over

the next 25 minutes. back to you. 5:25. here's something you don't see every day. police at australia's melbourne airport responding to an unusual call. the cops having a tough time getting the kangaroo. giving them the slip outside into the parking lot there when the officers would get close, he just kept hopping away. you can see the kangaroo licking his arm which is a sign of distress. that zookeeper got called in and they tranquilized the animal after a long chase and the kangaroo will be kept under observation until it is deemed ready to return to the wild. they are fast. they get up around 40 miles an hour. >> very fast. looking for a parking spot. >> cute guy. >> he's got serious calves on him. still to come on "today in the bay," some bay area communities getting a chance to voice their anger over plans to close local fire departments. right now we take you back outside. a live look over san jose. the sun is not quite up yet.

you can see in the distance some of that low hanging clouds from that fog capturing light illuminating the sky. mike will tell you about the traffic. christine will talk about sunshine today hitting 60s in the area. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will.

some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. >> reporter: san francisco police asking for the public's help after a woman was doused in gasoline and set on fire. they're looking for her boyfriend. i'll have a description coming up. blowing the fog horn this morning. thick low clouds forcing visibility less than a quarter of a mile in parts of the bay area. we'll let you know how long it will stick around coming up. >> that fog will affect your drive and so will the end of vacation for so many bay area drivers. we'll look at the east shore freeway coming up. niners playoff tickets go on sale in just a few hours. what you need to know to get your hands on some. >> sounds good to me. let's take you to the south bay.

a live look outside at san jose getting your day one of the workweek started off with a nice glowing look on this monday, january 7th. this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you. thank you for joining us. 5:30 on the nose. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm marla tellez pch. laura garcia-cannon is off today. a manhunt is on for a san francisco man accused of setting his girlfriend on fire after the two got into a fight. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live outside of st. francis hospital where the young woman is being treated for life threatening burns. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marla. this story is just awful. it doesn't get much worse than this. a woman doused in gasoline and set on fire over the weekend. she is in the hospital this morning here at st. francis in the burn unit with severe burns to her face and her chest. now san francisco police are

asking for the public's help. they are trying to find this woman's boyfriend. they say he's the main suspect and he's been identified as 22 year old dexter oliver. witnesses watched in horror yesterday as they say he threw a flammable liquid on his girlfriend 25-year-old star lamar and set her on fire. those witnesses actually include her family members. they say that the pair had been dating for about six months and had quite a rocky relationship. they say the couple was arguing by laundromat in the bay view district and she told him it was over and she had to get out and that's when he went to their home to get some gas. >> i didn't think it would go this far. couples argue all the time. i didn't know it was going to go this far. >> reporter: lamar then ran screaming toward her home for at least a block. there were burned clothes left in the street. that suspect, dexter oliver,

5'10", 1 a55 pounds. he is facing attempted murder charges. if you know anything about his whereabouts, give san francisco police a call. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." this morning san jose police hoping new clues will help lead them to suspects in the city's first homicide of the year. officers found the body of a man in front of a home on tripoli avenue yesterday morning. that's just a few blocks from mclaughlin avenue. officers say that man was shot in the head but they did not have a motive for that shooting. he was in his 30s and related to the people inside of the house where he was found. there were 46 homicides in san jose last year. that is more than any year since the 1990s. the man accused of killing seven people in a shooting rampage at a oakland university is expected in court this afternoon. lawyers will hear from a court ordered psychologist on whether

go is competent to stand trial. in november another psychologist said go suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and could not understand charges against him. go is facing murder and attempted murder charges for the shootings last april. turns out oakland's police are not happy with the city's plans to help out the departnt. the chronicle reports the police union is upset about the city's plan to bring in ten alameda county sheriff's deputies and sergeants to help out the understaffed department. officers think the $530,000 could be better spent on squad cars, better training or new hires. a special meeting being held tonight to talk about proposed closure of several east bay firestations. county supervisors voted last month to shut down four stations in clayton, lafayette, martinez and walnut creek. they say the closures are

necessary to close a budget deficit. tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 at the lafayette veterans memorial building. in just a few hours from right now, 49ers playoff tickets are set to go on sale. the team says there will be a limited number of seats available for saturday's game taking on those packers. if you want to get your hands on some of those tickets, you are being guided to ticketmaster.com. they will go on sale starting at 10:00 this morning. also playing on saturday's nfl lineup, the baltimore ravens at the denver broncos house taking on peyton manning. sunday the seahawks visiting the falcons and the texans play in new england taking on those patriots. 5:34. meteorologist christina loren checking the forecast now. looks like it will be a nice day. >> it's going to be such a nice day. good morning to you, jon and marla. good morning to you at home. thanks for waking up with us each and every weekday morning. it's always changing at this time of the morning. this morning we're tracking fog for you. you really want to keep this in mind. this is san jose where visibility is above four miles

but you have less than a quarter mile in parts of the east bay. that goes for livermore. travel cautiously out there this morning. napa is also dropping off to a half mile. three-quarter mile reported for now in santa rosa. we expect numbers to continuously fall like temperatures. as we head through the next few hours. 41 degrees in san francisco. 34 to start in napa. 41 degrees in gilroy. cold enough for patchy frost. you might find that on your windshield this morning. throughout the afternoon, 62 degrees at 4:00 p.m. inland. 60 comfortable degrees today. you can sit out there on the sand by the beach and have a beautiful day not too cold out there. 5:35. a lot of people -- i noticed that on my drive to work this morning. >> good morning to you. you'll notice more folks in my traffic shot. even starting right now. look at this. west 80 with the headlights coming through berkeley and emeryville underneath university avenue over crossing. a start to the commute coming back after the school vacations

and shutdowns have opened up for businesses. live map shows you sensors through the area showing close to the limit for interstate 80 and 24. 580, 880, we're looking at 580 through the tri-valley. speeds are slow coming westbound out of the altamont pass toward the dublin interchange and also that orange mark there is road weather index showing you fog. shot from sunol there as you drive past the golf course. fog settling down into the gully and other patches through livermore and watch vallejo north of that carquinez bridge. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you very much. you can call this one a case of creative driving. a marin county man right now trying to use a california law to his advantage exposing a loophole in carpool lane rules. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in san jose right now and, bob, i guess the outcome could mean some big-time changes for all california drivers,

right? >> reporter: that's what this person is hoping. right now for me and my driver to be in the carpool lane on northbound 880 in san jose, i have to be a passenger. he has to have a passenger in the car, right? not so according to jonathan friedm friedman, an activist in the north bay who received a carpool violation ticket this past october. today he'll argue before a marin county traffic judge that he did in fact have another person in the car. even though he was "driving solo." his argument is that when he was pulled over, he was carrying his corporation papers with him and since legally corporations are considered people, he believes that he did in fact have another person in the car and did not violate the carpool law. we spoke to a legal person about this. legal expert. they said, sure, maybe you can present that argument but does

he think it will hold water with a judge, probably not. friedman considers himself to be an activist and admits he's using his violation to try to create a national conversation perhaps one that would end up in a higher court. the supreme court. that's what his focus is. he with like to see this idea of corporate personhood legal definition turned upside down on its head. reporting live here in the south bay, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> a little bit of a stretch. >> big stretch. good luck with that. 5:38. with the lockout solved, the nhl is getting ready to start the shortened season. why the lookout could be good news for the sharks. we'll let you know why republicans say they are not happy with the president's republican nominee for secretary of defense. plus, in just a few hours from now, a bay area congresswoman will propose controversial new legislation hoping to prevent shootings like

the one at sandy hook elementary school.

welcome back. today president obama is expected to nominate former republican senator chuck hagel as defense secretary but opposition is growing in the senate, most of it coming from hagel's gop colleagues. tracie potts is live on capitol hill where a new announcement came out a few hours ago. >> reporter: early this morning. good morning, everyone. john brennan, the president's top adviser on counterterrorism is now going to be nominated to head the cia. not a strange position for him. he's been at the agency for 25 years. he was actually considered for that job once before when the president first took office in 2008. but brennan withdrew his name from consideration after criticism about his work under the bush administration and whether he had backed

controversial interrogation techniques. he denies that he did and that could come up again as he's now renominated or nominated i should say and awaits confirmation hearings. meantime, you mentioned the defense secretary nominee that the president will also announce today. chuck hagel won a purple heart in vietnam. a moderate republican that some of his colleagues say has made the wrong call on tough issues like iran, not backing unilateral sanctions by the u.s. or israel suggesting they should work with enemies diplomatically calling pro-israel groups the lobby. president obama says he's the pick. no word on when either of those confirmation processes are scheduled. >> okay, tracie, thanks so much. also on capitol hill, secretary of state hillary clinton all set to return to work today following a rough month dealing with medical

problems. clinton contracted a stomach virus earlier last month. she reportedly became dehydrated and then fainted hitting her head causing a concussion. during a follow-up exam, doctors found a blood clot and then admitted her to the hospital. she was released this past wednesday. clinton is now planning to leave office when a successor is approved by congress. the president has already nominated john kerry for that job. later this morning we'll learn more about the suspect in the colorado movie theater massacre. the preliminary hearing gets under way today against james holmes accused of killing 12 people at that movie theater in aurora last july. during the preliminary hearing, the judge will listen to 911 calls and watch video clips and hear from various witnesses. the hearing will determine if there's enough evidence to try holmes for murder. an east bay lawmaker introducing a controversial piece of legislation in hopes of

curbing gun violence. nancy skinner announcing plans today to file a bill that would tighten regulations on ammunition sales in the state. the bill is in response to the school shooting in newtown, connecticut, where the gunman was found carrying high capacity magazines. the bill would ban such magazines from being sold here in california. oakland mayor general kwan and several oakland city council members will attend today's announcement. help is on the way for victims of superstorm sandy. the president signing into law an almost $10 billion bill to pay for flood insurance claims. the law increases fema's borrowing authority. the white house says without the additional money, more than 100,000 flood claim payments from sandy would be delayed. congress plans to vote on a comprehensive sandy aid package on january 15th. it is 5:44 right now for your comprehensive look at the weather who better to do it than christina loren. today we're talking sunshine on the way. a full dose.

>> a nice day. a really nice day. we have fog to get through first. good morning to you, jon and marla. good morning to you at home of course. temperatures this morning running chilly. not as frigid as last week. temperatures in the 20s last week. today we're mild. 30s and 40s. foggy sunol. temperatures in sunol right now are in the upper 30s. travel cautiously. cold enough for patchy frost. 41 in napa. 41 in san francisco. 44 in livermore had. let's talk about your visibility. we've started to drop off. right now we see thickest fog creeping in from the delta. that tule fog. livermore down to a quarter mile visibility. half a mile in napa. travel cautiously throughout wine country this morning. getting socked in up there. as we progress throughout the morning hours, we'll see that fog creep in and i would say about 10:00, 11:00 today, we'll lose that fog and exchange it for a mix of sun and clouds.

progressing through tuesday, same deal. low clouds and drizzle to start. we'll clear out and see sunshine in the afternoon. things start to get a little bit cool as we head through wednesday. area of low pressure will move into northern california and this is going to usher in cooler air for the bay area keeping that onshore flow firmly in place. that cool ocean breeze and clouds coming off the pacific for your wednesday. temperatures are going to drop like a rock. and then possibly just maybe getting some very light showers in the afternoon hours of wednesday. we're not calling it anything significant just yet. i think maybe a trace amount of rain. nothing measurable. so this is what we're talking about when it comes to sierra. how do you like 12 feet of powder? sound pretty good, right? sugar bowl has 12 feet plus. fresh packed powder. squaw, you are up to nine feet. basically we are running 140% above normal. we're looking good on the slopes. more rain on the way throughout this weekend. keep that in mind as well. that's going to translate to snow up there.

just a great time to hit the sierra. 62 in livermore. 61 in santa theresa. our next best chance for rain, we'll see clouds on wednesday and maybe a few stray showers. looks like saturday into sunday we do get that active pattern back in the mix. 5:47. let's see how active it is on a monday back to work. >> quite active. good volume of traffic. this is what we expect to see except for last couple weeks with the first burst coming in before 6:00. this is how the map reflects that. we do have slowing that we expect to see now north of 680 on 101 northbound up toward 880 and then you'll see it in patches up toward the airport. 280 and 85 and 87. those will follow in the next half hour. we'll track those developments as well. heading up the peninsula, another effect of the weather that we're talking about. live look from palo alto. camera there shows a smooth drive picking up a few more cars but then from time to time you

can see the clouds drifting through here. that will be the case in many spots just north of here and we're looking at university avenue and willow. we're looking at fog advisory. the map shows you chp issued an advisory for the dumbarton bridge saying there was dense fog in patches across highway 84. no slowing. that's good news. heading farther to the tri-valley, more fog on road weather index. orange on map shows you where fog is an issue below quarter a mile. we'll end with the next shot at bay bridge toll plaza. volume picking up for cash lanes backing up already. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 5:48 right now. an update on burning man. tickets are going on sale soon but some veterans are complaining about the ticket prices. prices have gone up every year but this year they are starting at $380 a piece compared to $240 just last year. there will be some low-income tickets available. tickets go on sale in february and will be first come first served. if you recall when this started

back in the '80s, entry into burning man was free. there's something new on the menu at schools in san francisco this morning. the school district is partnering with bay area based revolutions foods to offer healthier options for kids. it was started by two uc berkeley students using local ingredients to make homemade lunches. >> on the ice, it's a done deal. we could find out today when sharks will play the first game of the season and the first game of the year over at hp pavilion. they will release the schedule as early as this morning. terms of the deal need to be ratified by both sides. league executives say they would like a 48-game regular season schedule and it could start as early as january 19th. comcast sports net tells us why

this lockout may give the sharks an advantage. >> one thing the sharks should have going for them is they had 11 different players play overseas play competitive hockey at one point during this lockout. you would think that would help them right off the bat. they have more players playing competitive hockey than the kings, dallas stars, coyotes. you would think that would help them because they're isn't going to be much of a training camp here. injuries might be a factor early on. the fact they have so many guys playing competitively should help. >> a number of team's key players back in the bay area. they've been staying here during the lockout. training camp expected to start on thursday. >> they're not as rusty. they've been warmed up. >> some have been on the ice working out and getting ready in case it happens. here it is. coming up, returning to television. a well known actor gets ready to make a comeback.

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welcome back on a monday morning. a live look outside at san francisco's embarcadero before the sun comes up. we'll have weather and traffic coming up in minutes with christina and mike. it's 5:53. this one is probably a long shot but it would probably be very cool. new calls for reality tv show featuring the vice president of the united states. how about that. a new petition submitted to the white house asking the president to authorize the tv program featuring joe biden. just during his every day interactions. the request says the program

would "educate the american public about the duties and responsibilities of the vice president while providing a glimpse of the light hearted side of politics even in the midst of contentious and divisive national debate." michael j. fox is coming back to television. the new show is based on real life issues fox has faced. he'll play a newscaster who quits his job because of parkins parkinson's disease and returns to work because new medicine helps him control the disease's symptoms. the show will debut here on nbc in september. >> sounds cool. the future of tv online and serious question this morning after it the head perform hulu says he's stepping down. scott mcgrew, hulu is very popular. >> one of the few times the tv industry got tv right. it's a fantastic service. several news outlets predicting the tv network which owns hulu

including nbc may scale back on their support of the online service now that hulu's ceo is leaving. then again maybe he's leaving because networks are scaling back. either way, let's hope it all works out. taking a look at wall street, they are coming off a strong week. a good strong start to 2013. in large part thanks to the temporary solution of the fiscal cliff. the next fight is ahead and that's the debt ceiling. watch out for politicians who say we shouldn't authorize more spending because they are misleading you. the debt ceiling vote will authorize payment of debt we already incurred. let me show you an example of someone talking about the debt ceiling and getting it wrong. >> the president is addicted to spending. he wants to spend. he wants a new credit card after he's maxed out the last one. >> reporter: a better analogy is

we maxed out the credit card we have and now we have to pay the bill. paying the bill is very important to the credit rating of the united states. >> just like we all have to do. >> yeah, right. we'll keep an eye on that one, scott. thank you for breaking it down. meteorologist christina loren talking 60s today for this back to work monday. >> we'll get paid with sunshine this afternoon. good monday morning to you. temperatures this morning running cool. we have patchy fog out there to make you aware of. quarter mile or less in spots. quarter mile in livermore. half a mile in santa rosa. the good news is we'll lose that low cloud cover by noon today. 48 degrees as you break for lunch inland. you'll need your jacket at that point. hour by hour forecast shows you 62 degrees to round out the day. comfortable conditions. let's check on that drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. we do have your commute back in for the new year. this is the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. the cash lanes are affected right now. fastrak lanes in the next 20

minutes will back up as we turn metering lights on. not yet. another look at the approach now coming down the east shore freeway west 80 commute direction through berkeley and approaching the bay bridge filling in all lanes there. still close to the limit but that will dip as well. and another live look outside. we show you the north bay smooth drive here. a new crash somewhere around 238 that's over near hayward area. i'll bring that to you coming up. >> you are busy. thank you so much. 5:57. a bay area tech leaders defies the u.s. government and visits north korea. why he says he's taking the controversial trip coming up. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so...

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